Table 4
Average daily minutes of activity at various levels of intensity and average daily step counts, by sex, age group and BMI category, household population aged 6 to 19 years, Canada, March 2007 to February 2009

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Sex /Age group/BMI category Intensity of activity Step counts
Sedentary Light Moderate Vigorous Moderate-to-vigorous
Average minutes per day Average
Boys 507 260 59* 2 61* 12,121*
Age group (years)
6 to 10†
 445 298 67* 2 69* 13,217
11 to 14
 524‡ 252‡ 58* 2 59* 11,857*
15 to 19
 554*‡ 230‡ 52*‡ 1 53*‡ 11,267*‡
BMI category
Not overweight/obese†
 500* 262 64* 2 65* 12,584*
Overweight
 524 260 50‡ 1‡ 51‡ 11,188‡
Obese
 536 248 43‡ <1‡ 44‡ 10,256
Girls 524 252 46 1 47 10,327
Age group (years)
6 to 10†
 446 306 56 2 58 11,745
11 to 14
 527‡ 250‡ 46‡ 2E 47‡ 10,351‡
15 to 19
 582‡ 212‡ 38‡ <3 39‡ 9,204‡
BMI category
Not overweight/obese†
 524 249 46 2 48 10,224
Overweight
 515 262 43 1E 44 10,450
Obese
 544 263 47 <3 48 11,159
† reference category
* significantly different from estimate for girls (p<0.05)
‡ significantly different from estimate for reference category (p<0.05)
E use with caution
Source: 2007 to 2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey.